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american history, you had a president who had no coattails, 36 days to come in, facing an adversarial environment. it would have been easy for democrats to hold a dinner meeting on inaugural eve and say the way we can regain power is to stomp on his neck and never let up, vote against everything he wants and block him and his presidency will die aborning. they cooperated immediately on no child left behind with george miller and ted kennedy and that gave him a victory that established the legitimacy of his presidency, whether you like the substance or not. democratic votes provided the margin for the tax cuts, like those that were a hallmark of the bush presidency. democrats saved the votes on the t.a.r.p. program, like it or not, that saved the bush presidency. now contrast that with what we now know from another brook, robert drapers about the meeting that took place with top republican leaders on inaugural eve in 2009, a president who came in with a 70% approval rating in the worst economy since the great depression, vote against everything and make the victories look so ugly it will delegitim
american history, you had a president who had no coattails, 36 days to come in, facing an adversarial environment. it would have been easy for democrats to hold a dinner meeting on inaugural eve and say the way we can regain power is to stomp on his neck and never let up, vote against everything he wants and block him and his presidency will die aborning. they cooperated immediately on no child left behind with george miller and ted kennedy and that gave him a victory that established the...
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they did their thing to protect the environment, we had another vision in california. we disagree, but we move forward. we did not wait for anybody. we made commitments to reduce greenhouse gases by 25% by year 2020 and 85% by year 2015. we came up with a portfolio of renewable -- a renewable portfolio of 30% by 2020. new common standards. all the things we did -- so much so that secretary-general bank ki-moon encouraged all the other countries to go in the same direction, national governments -- sub-national governments have power and organization. he wanted to encourage them to go in that direction. environmental issues -- that is one issue. there are so many other issues you can address on a sub- national level. that is one thing to do at the schwarzenegger institute, to teach that and make people aware of the power of states and cities and counties. >> i think this has been a wonderful inaugural program. i want to thank the panel very much. thank you all so much for coming in. [applause] those of you who are registered for lunch, we look forward to seeing you there
they did their thing to protect the environment, we had another vision in california. we disagree, but we move forward. we did not wait for anybody. we made commitments to reduce greenhouse gases by 25% by year 2020 and 85% by year 2015. we came up with a portfolio of renewable -- a renewable portfolio of 30% by 2020. new common standards. all the things we did -- so much so that secretary-general bank ki-moon encouraged all the other countries to go in the same direction, national governments...
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the worst environment and republican ever had to run for the presidency. we had to figure out how to win. the bush was tough but 50/50 we had to have an intercession and any event to take place and take risks. it is about ambition four victory fuels risky and i look back from the perspective of a couple years and the lovell of risk that we took are willing to take does not stand up to the test of time. when i am on television and asking him the 2012 pic -- pic should be was that person prepared incense this latino republican from this swing state may helper cry have no idea if they can pick out iraq or afghanistan on a map. we were all through the campaign when is the moment we can get ahead on this race? we thought john would do all right to but there are huge moments in a campaign. we knew obama would give a great speech at the convention and john would do his best we were trying to figure out how do come out of the republican convention and in this situation and not down 20 points to keep the race competitive? we decided to take a risk that was through
the worst environment and republican ever had to run for the presidency. we had to figure out how to win. the bush was tough but 50/50 we had to have an intercession and any event to take place and take risks. it is about ambition four victory fuels risky and i look back from the perspective of a couple years and the lovell of risk that we took are willing to take does not stand up to the test of time. when i am on television and asking him the 2012 pic -- pic should be was that person prepared...
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so now we're going from that expanding environment into a contracting environment. we have to reduce our infrastructure to get ahead of the dpe cleaning volumes. reducing our infrastructure in response to volume decline is nothing knew. since 2006 mail volume dropped 20%. we did this successfully without any impact on our customers. in fact, we delivered record service during this period. and these reductions were accomplished without laying off any employees. hue did we do that? involving studies that we're here for to discuss tonight. we've been using this process for decades, and it has served us very well. we determine weather there's a business case for consolidation. there are opportunities built into the process. and also a written comment period that extends 15 days beyond tonight. these are times for community members and stake holders to comment, ask questions and provide concerns to the postal service and many times from theet meetings we get suggestions as well to help us look at the right thing to do. we continue to look at the process. the collective c
so now we're going from that expanding environment into a contracting environment. we have to reduce our infrastructure to get ahead of the dpe cleaning volumes. reducing our infrastructure in response to volume decline is nothing knew. since 2006 mail volume dropped 20%. we did this successfully without any impact on our customers. in fact, we delivered record service during this period. and these reductions were accomplished without laying off any employees. hue did we do that? involving...
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. >> i go to school in an environment that is accepting. the hardest part for me was coming to terms with it in relations to my ego and my ambitions and my dreams. >> she served as an senator and then vice president and eventually earned the job as president. >> said _ my own internal struggles more. >> sarah a share her decision to come out with the 6000 students she has represented for the past year. she wanted her truth to be told about her lifelong feeling of being born in the wrong body. >> you look around and you know everyone else is comfortable. on some level it is like that. >> the outpouring of love and support has been beyond her expectations and she has even gotten some national recognition. lady gaga twisted about her earlier this month. >> we are keeping watch of more showers on the way after the rainy afternoon rush hour. bob ryan tracking all the rain on the radar. >> it would be wonderful if we had the steady rain we need so much because so many areas are dry. here is our wide area of things. more showers and more patchy ar
. >> i go to school in an environment that is accepting. the hardest part for me was coming to terms with it in relations to my ego and my ambitions and my dreams. >> she served as an senator and then vice president and eventually earned the job as president. >> said _ my own internal struggles more. >> sarah a share her decision to come out with the 6000 students she has represented for the past year. she wanted her truth to be told about her lifelong feeling of being...
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host to the environment is another place he waged the criticisms for what is your take on what happened in the keystone pipeline? >> guest: that got better now looking back. the keystone pipeline is a really bad idea. that's my assessment. it would as initially proposed take the dirtiest most awful secreting the bottom of the bucket nasty paul carvin and then run it down through america's heartland over the farm land or aqua first to the gulf coast so that it could be refined to china. we wouldn't get any of that oil. but more importantly because of the kind of toxic stuff is it is very corrosive. we have had a lot of oil spills in canada and you would be risking to help the safety of the american people to do it. to benefit the foreign corporation selling dirty oil to china you have to have thousands and thousands of jobs but then it turned out the numbers it's a temporary job which are important for those workers but the jobs are very few so for the point of view it wasn't worth it. >> host: the southern part of that pipeline. >> guest: sure. the southern part of the building there ar
host to the environment is another place he waged the criticisms for what is your take on what happened in the keystone pipeline? >> guest: that got better now looking back. the keystone pipeline is a really bad idea. that's my assessment. it would as initially proposed take the dirtiest most awful secreting the bottom of the bucket nasty paul carvin and then run it down through america's heartland over the farm land or aqua first to the gulf coast so that it could be refined to china. we...
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we can have an america that has reconciled its economic needs with its desire for an environment that we can pass on with pride to the next generation. we can have an america that provides excellence in education to my child and your child and every child. [applause] we can have an america that encourages and takes pride in our ethnic diversity, our religious diversity, our cultural diversity, knowing that out of this plure list particular heritage has -- plure liftic heritage has come the strengths and the vitality that has made us great and will keep us great. [applause] we can have an american government that does not oppress or spy on its own people. [applause] but respect our dignity and our privacy and our right to be let alone, we can have an america where freedom on the one hand and equality on the other hand are mutually supported and not in conflict and where the dreams of our nation's first leaders are fully realized in our own day and age, and we can have an america which harnesses the idealism of the students, the compassions of the nurse or the social worker, the determi
we can have an america that has reconciled its economic needs with its desire for an environment that we can pass on with pride to the next generation. we can have an america that provides excellence in education to my child and your child and every child. [applause] we can have an america that encourages and takes pride in our ethnic diversity, our religious diversity, our cultural diversity, knowing that out of this plure list particular heritage has -- plure liftic heritage has come the...
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. >> it is finding solutions and opportunities in an environment of a change in the turbulence it's what i learned during my career, and something i i want desperately to bring to the presidency. >>e thinks that experience is going to help our economy? these guyss past -- but these guys past is prologue. >> we are talkinabout what you can do in theuture, how you can bring me and my children forward in this country. >> who has the best shot of making that sale, charles? who can manage the economy. i don't think it is is particularly strong argument for romney to say "i was a businessman." it is away to establish a persona of a man who is solid and reliable. the perceived negegative, is that he is a guy whoho never ran a candy store, the economy is the weak point romney has to add to the persona of "i am a businessman." he asked at a program. -- past two at a prprogram. mark indicated it is risky for him to embrace the ryan plan bui think the country is ready for a debate about entitlement reform, and the more ideological it gets, the more it helps republicans, because the mort they can ma
. >> it is finding solutions and opportunities in an environment of a change in the turbulence it's what i learned during my career, and something i i want desperately to bring to the presidency. >>e thinks that experience is going to help our economy? these guyss past -- but these guys past is prologue. >> we are talkinabout what you can do in theuture, how you can bring me and my children forward in this country. >> who has the best shot of making that sale, charles?...
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business of running every two years makes some extraordinarily sensitive to fund-raising, the political environment and unwillingness to be more open-minded about what they are doing. maybe that involves a cap on how often you could run. this fund-raising business is a tremendous problem not just because it influences things but the time it takes, time away from the work you are supposed to be doing in terms of representing the people in congress and that rapid turnover which we see in the house and senate, is pretty dramatic. it is very often somebody beats somebody else in a close election and the opponents as i will run again next time and the race is still on. it never really goes away. something to be thinking about in terms of where the country would go. good luck making that change. >> i am retired school administrator. i'm a volunteer at the national constitution center. i want to say first of all how much i appreciate you coming here and sharing your book with us. it is an honor to be in the same room with both of you. i look around and think about things that happened in philadelphia, the
business of running every two years makes some extraordinarily sensitive to fund-raising, the political environment and unwillingness to be more open-minded about what they are doing. maybe that involves a cap on how often you could run. this fund-raising business is a tremendous problem not just because it influences things but the time it takes, time away from the work you are supposed to be doing in terms of representing the people in congress and that rapid turnover which we see in the...
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. >> create jobs and create an environment for jobs. i have a crowd funding bill. it is a mechanism where you can give people up to $1,000, a million dollar total to avoid sec filings and using that as seed money to move forward to create a new set of financing for startup businesses. that's where the jobs are. >> what about my constant nagging problem with a company like apple who sell 3 million new ipads in one day apparently last week with. and yet they still employ massively large sums of people in china than they do in america. why argument is why don't they bring 10% of the work force from china back to america. take the hit. i reckon they sell 4 million ipads next time. >> from the president from apple on. >> what do you think. >> i think you need to make america competitive again. >> shouldn't it be the successful company s -- >> there's a lack of stability. people and businesses don't know what is next. there's a wet blanket over people. there's so much inaddition, the high corporate tax rate, high cost can of health care and what is happening with that an
. >> create jobs and create an environment for jobs. i have a crowd funding bill. it is a mechanism where you can give people up to $1,000, a million dollar total to avoid sec filings and using that as seed money to move forward to create a new set of financing for startup businesses. that's where the jobs are. >> what about my constant nagging problem with a company like apple who sell 3 million new ipads in one day apparently last week with. and yet they still employ massively...
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if you had to start home depot now in this environment, you started in a tough environment then could you do the same now? >>guest: no. there is no way. i could give you details about it but i can tell you there is no way that home depot could ever be what it is today. it has 300,000 employees and i am not with home depot anymore, i resigned in 2002 but i can tell you there are 300,000 people that would not have jobs today if we had the same environment and tried to start the home depot today. that is a tragic thing to talk about. it is terrible. this is with we are leaving for our children, now, and if we have three more years, four more years of this administration with their philosophies, home depots will not be able to grow. it will happen on the internet --. >>neil: i do want to say, he is what is remarkable about home depot, you started this and you were not remotely handy. you had not a handy cell in your body which i admire all the more. >>guest: why do you have to tell people about that? >>neil: i 2409, if i started an italian restaurant chain, president will say that figures
if you had to start home depot now in this environment, you started in a tough environment then could you do the same now? >>guest: no. there is no way. i could give you details about it but i can tell you there is no way that home depot could ever be what it is today. it has 300,000 employees and i am not with home depot anymore, i resigned in 2002 but i can tell you there are 300,000 people that would not have jobs today if we had the same environment and tried to start the home depot...
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this time, the republicans gave him cover to say, i'm not sure about what to do but the environment, nebraska governor is a republican and he objected because of the impact on the aquifer that it could pollute drinking water. and he later changed his mind. but he got on message from the republican point of view. >>shepard: from the republican side, this is just a sledgehammer. >>juan: on the jobs issue, the economy, if you look at right new the president's rating on conclude issues, it is his weak point. it is where it draws the idea he has not accomplished much. i don't if you saw a recent washington post/abc news poll poll, asking if the president accomplish add great deal and 47 percent say yes and 51 percent say no and on the economy 57 percent disapprove and 45 percent approve, that is the problem the president has. overwhelmingly people say in generalling they understand, he understands issues like the issues that affect me and you. appreciate what it is like to be an average american 51 percent say that is strong but the economy is dragging him down and today's decision gives
this time, the republicans gave him cover to say, i'm not sure about what to do but the environment, nebraska governor is a republican and he objected because of the impact on the aquifer that it could pollute drinking water. and he later changed his mind. but he got on message from the republican point of view. >>shepard: from the republican side, this is just a sledgehammer. >>juan: on the jobs issue, the economy, if you look at right new the president's rating on conclude issues,...
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. >> host: the environment is a place for criticism what is your take on what happened at the keystone pipeline. it's a really bad idea. they would take the dirtiest most awful scraping bottom of the bucket nasty polycarp in down america's heartland over farmland or aqua first and the gulf coast so that it could be refined and shipped to china. we wouldn't get any of the oil but more importantly because the kind of toxic stuff is is very corrosive. to be risking americans and the health and safety of american people to do it, to benefit the foreign corporation selling oil to china the numbers were it shows once again people's movements can make a difference. those people powered movements that elected obama, he wasn't from the democratic party establishment as far as people power exchange that. people power movements through the tea party, challenged the president, and then with the keystone the young environmentalists and the native american groups and bill mckibben challenged the president to say look at this pipeline, don't just go along this, give it a hard look and they used civil
. >> host: the environment is a place for criticism what is your take on what happened at the keystone pipeline. it's a really bad idea. they would take the dirtiest most awful scraping bottom of the bucket nasty polycarp in down america's heartland over farmland or aqua first and the gulf coast so that it could be refined and shipped to china. we wouldn't get any of the oil but more importantly because the kind of toxic stuff is is very corrosive. to be risking americans and the health...
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do you think of hope for the environment, or food, clothing, shelter? we do. weyerhaeuser, growing ideas. >> we've got real differences here. >> this week on "inside washington," election 2012, six months out. >> if i am president, i will take responsibility and the lead. >> what are barack obama's chances of keeping his job? >> no better than 50/50. >> what's bugging voters? >> the economy. >> ad game getting nasty. >> everybody plays hardball. >> the ground game -- who has the most enthusiastic supporters? the money game -- will the candidate with the fattest super pac win? and the charm offensive -- which candidate is more likable? >> i like hanging out with women. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> as we celebrate this memorial day holiday, we are a six months away from the 2012 election. we will stay away from the breaking news and focus on the road ahead. our guide is peter hart, who produces the nbc news-"wall street journal" on which we rely. he says it is a 50/50 shot for the president did 2/3 of the american people s
do you think of hope for the environment, or food, clothing, shelter? we do. weyerhaeuser, growing ideas. >> we've got real differences here. >> this week on "inside washington," election 2012, six months out. >> if i am president, i will take responsibility and the lead. >> what are barack obama's chances of keeping his job? >> no better than 50/50. >> what's bugging voters? >> the economy. >> ad game getting nasty. >> everybody...
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the business environment has changed. it is postal reform, but postal rescue legislation. with thanks to senator carper and senator collins. i'll call on senator carper who kins continues to be the co- chair. >> thank you. thank you for the leadership you provided and for the encouraging the way the rest of us used to work. the democrats and republicans set aside differences and we try to fix things. the results are what the american people are looking for right now. they want to make sure we can still govern.
the business environment has changed. it is postal reform, but postal rescue legislation. with thanks to senator carper and senator collins. i'll call on senator carper who kins continues to be the co- chair. >> thank you. thank you for the leadership you provided and for the encouraging the way the rest of us used to work. the democrats and republicans set aside differences and we try to fix things. the results are what the american people are looking for right now. they want to make...
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we needed to create an environment where people would be willing to listen and learn more about governor romney. we were very effective in getting early endorsements that i think it was significant for the romney campaign this time because they signed again people like speaker allen benz from panama city, former house speaker very well respected in the republican party here, john thrasher, former state party chairman and now state senator from the jacksonville area. very involved on the part of mitt romney. now president of the american conservative union was very involved with the romney campaign, particularly in recruiting hispanic leadership. the task was to get the governor known here and to make people ameanable to listening more about him. one of the challenges in 2008 is that the resources again were not there. and it made it much more difficult to campaign in a state the size and expense of florida this time in 2012. i think the romney campaign has wisely planned to invest resources in florida. en that did so early. the romney campaign was actually running paid advertising in flo
we needed to create an environment where people would be willing to listen and learn more about governor romney. we were very effective in getting early endorsements that i think it was significant for the romney campaign this time because they signed again people like speaker allen benz from panama city, former house speaker very well respected in the republican party here, john thrasher, former state party chairman and now state senator from the jacksonville area. very involved on the part of...
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today he visited the subject of the environment. >> no more than we want to leave it to earth. p that's not my philosophy of government. it's not my philosophy of freedom. freedom isn't to do whatever you want to do. it's to do what you ought to do. >> as to what you ought to do, santorum has some very specific ideas. one is getting some heat on the campaign trial. let's start with how he talked about president obama in that same issue, environment, over the weekend. >> it's not about you. it's not about your quality of life. it's not about your jobs. it's about some phony ideal, some phony theology. not based on the bible, a different theology but no less a theology. >> that remark led some to believe that he feels questioning obama's christianity. he said he was talking about the president's allegiance to environmentist values. >> the president has reached a new low in this country's history of oppressing religious freedom that we have never seen before. if he doesn't want to call his imposition of his values a theology, that's fine. >> do you believe he's less of a christian
today he visited the subject of the environment. >> no more than we want to leave it to earth. p that's not my philosophy of government. it's not my philosophy of freedom. freedom isn't to do whatever you want to do. it's to do what you ought to do. >> as to what you ought to do, santorum has some very specific ideas. one is getting some heat on the campaign trial. let's start with how he talked about president obama in that same issue, environment, over the weekend. >> it's...
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today we operate in a very dynamic environment. people in businesses have many ways to communicate, and we've responded within the constraints of our current business model. we compete for customers and are more market responsive and efficient than we've ever been. we deliver nearly half of the world's mail and do that with record-level high service. we use the most advanced mail sorting technology in the world. in fact, about 95% of mail that comes through our system, letter-sized mail, is never really touched by human hands until the letter carrier puts it in the mailbox. our productivity has increased dramatically since 2000. in fact, we deliver roughly the same amount of volume we delivered in 1992 with about 170,000 fewer employees. the result of cultivating the mindset of a postal service that records profits and losses, operates efficiently, like a business, and competes for customers, we've got to go much farther down that path. if we do so, i'm convinced that the postal service can have a very bright future. we can continu
today we operate in a very dynamic environment. people in businesses have many ways to communicate, and we've responded within the constraints of our current business model. we compete for customers and are more market responsive and efficient than we've ever been. we deliver nearly half of the world's mail and do that with record-level high service. we use the most advanced mail sorting technology in the world. in fact, about 95% of mail that comes through our system, letter-sized mail, is...
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>> he likes a challenging environment and he likes an environment that where people treat him as an equal. but one of the things that quickly became clear to me is i would ask him -- the way i framed the conversation in the beginning was teach me how to be president. let's pretend in 30 minutes you're going, i'm replacing you, what do i need to know. it became clear that i think about this as a decision-making job. i had to create an environment if i was going to be a good president where i maximize the likelihood the decision is a good one. i wanted to find a decision that had his fingerprints all over it. and oddly when you go into domestic policy it's a poor place to explore that because there's so much noise. if he comes out with anything now, the other side is against it simply because he's for it. and in some ways, the process is paralyzed. but foreign policy, not so much. he does have this great latitude. you can see his mind in action and his process in action. and his mind leading to a result. >> you document in great detail how he made the decision about libya, how he took the d
>> he likes a challenging environment and he likes an environment that where people treat him as an equal. but one of the things that quickly became clear to me is i would ask him -- the way i framed the conversation in the beginning was teach me how to be president. let's pretend in 30 minutes you're going, i'm replacing you, what do i need to know. it became clear that i think about this as a decision-making job. i had to create an environment if i was going to be a good president where...
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we also want to talk about the economy and medicare and we care, and the environment. >> i want to add to that. it has been really harmful that he has had to go so far to the right with these social issues which i don't think he was wanting to do. >> why he didn't make it very long, obviously. but i think the longer that he has to drag out this primary, the more harmful it is to him. you will see the narrative start to change and i think that gap will start to change. >> but he has had plenty of time to wrap this one up, hasn't he? >> here's the problem. one of the other things in this, i don't know that's the case. if you look at the poll, for example, one of the most interesting questions was granted women were paying attention, the majority of women are paying attention to this conversation about birth control and contraception but a large number said they really don't even know what his position is. about 46% said they didn't know where obama stood. that tell me if i'm a the contract, i have a huge opportunity. women don't even know where he stands. they are already going for obama
we also want to talk about the economy and medicare and we care, and the environment. >> i want to add to that. it has been really harmful that he has had to go so far to the right with these social issues which i don't think he was wanting to do. >> why he didn't make it very long, obviously. but i think the longer that he has to drag out this primary, the more harmful it is to him. you will see the narrative start to change and i think that gap will start to change. >> but...
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of course, i think the media environment has changed radically. we have a partisan press that is back to the future than it with much more immediacy. this is not like william randolph hearst which has added to the complications. if you talk about the media, you have to start with that. you live in a world where the self identified members believe the president is not legitimate, it tells you something about the way the media dynamic is working. that has left the mainstream press with a bit of a dilemma. they have done that by falling back that your report on both sides of the story. your report on both sides of the story. that means there is a holocaust denier and a holocaust victim, you want to give them equal say. i do not think it works. among other things, i think it helps to enable some of the disfunction we have now. go back to the filibuster. when you get news stories that say bills died in the senate when they got a majority of support and died only because of filibuster but you do not mention the filibuster, that seems to me to be an inac
of course, i think the media environment has changed radically. we have a partisan press that is back to the future than it with much more immediacy. this is not like william randolph hearst which has added to the complications. if you talk about the media, you have to start with that. you live in a world where the self identified members believe the president is not legitimate, it tells you something about the way the media dynamic is working. that has left the mainstream press with a bit of a...
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in that kind of environment rather than this ideological fight that's existing right now that's turned off the american people across the spectrum, if you have a leader like that you could see how you could get common ground done on revenue where do you raise -- is this a tax increase if you increase the eligibility or the cap for medicare? people pay a tax today but it's capped at $10300. if you raise that, is that a tax crease? i don't know. i don't really care because i think if you could get enough of consensus around solving problems, you could get the country moving again. >> but raising revenue, the govern raising revenue is something you think should be on the table. >> it should. first step though is to create a climate of economic growth where revenue comes in because people are creating jobs and investing and are being taxed because of it. that's, by far and away, the most important way of doing this. and if our -- look at it from this perspective. we spend 25% of our gross domestic product or economic activity goes through government today. that is much higher than it used
in that kind of environment rather than this ideological fight that's existing right now that's turned off the american people across the spectrum, if you have a leader like that you could see how you could get common ground done on revenue where do you raise -- is this a tax increase if you increase the eligibility or the cap for medicare? people pay a tax today but it's capped at $10300. if you raise that, is that a tax crease? i don't know. i don't really care because i think if you could...
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dioxide and we can't take that out of the ground because there's a finite supply and it could damage our environment and cause global warming. when the climate -- when those who profess man-made global warming and climate science convinced many, many republicans including two who are running for president on the republican ticket. mitt romney and newt gingrich. but there was one who said i know this isn't climate science. this is political science. >> and this was another attempt of those who want to take power away from you and control your access to energy, your utilization whether it's in your car or your home of energy. because they are better to make these decisions about how you use energy than you do. that's what they believe. and unfortunately, just like in healthcare, governor romney and speaker gingrich went along with the ride and guess what? when the climate changed, they changed their position. and now they're all for drilling and they're all for oil and gas and coal. i was for it because it was the right thing to do then, i'll be for it tomorrow and the next day and the next day. i'm n
dioxide and we can't take that out of the ground because there's a finite supply and it could damage our environment and cause global warming. when the climate -- when those who profess man-made global warming and climate science convinced many, many republicans including two who are running for president on the republican ticket. mitt romney and newt gingrich. but there was one who said i know this isn't climate science. this is political science. >> and this was another attempt of those...
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positive things, republicans have always positive proposals such as reducing burdens and creating an environment for job creation. and one of the failures of the recent years was that republicans did not advocate a strong and sound dollar. reagan did. bill clinton did. john kennedy did. unfortunately the previous administration did not, and this administration is even worse. so in terms of my own conservatism, if i see republicans doing things wrong, i never hesitate to criticize them. and if democrats do things right, i never hesitate to praise them. i thought bill clinton had it right on the dollar, and said so at the time. >> newville, indiana, jeffrey, republican line, go ahead. >> caller: good morning. thank you for taking my question. i appreciate it. my question for you is i feel the conservatives in america are basically trying to pay off the credit card so to speak, and the progressives on both sides are basically ringing up the credit card like drunken sailors. are we almost at a saturation point when 49% of the americans at the end of the year don't pay taxes and are believing in an e
positive things, republicans have always positive proposals such as reducing burdens and creating an environment for job creation. and one of the failures of the recent years was that republicans did not advocate a strong and sound dollar. reagan did. bill clinton did. john kennedy did. unfortunately the previous administration did not, and this administration is even worse. so in terms of my own conservatism, if i see republicans doing things wrong, i never hesitate to criticize them. and if...
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[customer:] we need to protect the environment. [worker:] we could do both. is that possible? [announcer:] at conocophillips, we're helping power america's economy with cleaner, affordable natural gas. more jobs. less emissions. a good answer for everyone. well, if it's cleaner and affordable. as long as we keep these safe. there you go. thanks. [announcer:] conocophillips. is moving backward. [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the lexus enform app suite -- available now on the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. see your lexus dealer. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? as long as there are identity thieves, we'll be there. we're lifelock. and we offer the most comprehensive identity theft protection ever created. lifelock: relentlessly protecting your identity. call 1-800-lifelock or go to lifelock.com today. >>> i'm with senator scott brown. a tweet here from paul who tweeted me @p
[customer:] we need to protect the environment. [worker:] we could do both. is that possible? [announcer:] at conocophillips, we're helping power america's economy with cleaner, affordable natural gas. more jobs. less emissions. a good answer for everyone. well, if it's cleaner and affordable. as long as we keep these safe. there you go. thanks. [announcer:] conocophillips. is moving backward. [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the lexus enform app suite -- available now on the...
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investing in them and also creating collaborative environments like we see in new haven which are, you know, which should be, you know, what we should do throughout the nation. so i was really disappointed that someone who supposedly as smart as mitt romney would come up with a play book from 20, 30 years ago that never worked then and doesn't work now. >> now, he has been taking really shark attacks at teachers and even the teachers union. let me show you what he said today in colorado to an 8-year-old girl. >> have you a good school here? >> yeah, i'll bet you do. i want to make sure that we have a president that cares more about kids than he cares about the teachers' union. >> what is that supposed to mean? >> again, this must be right out of republican play book from 30 years ago. the country, let me say this as loudly as can i to mr. romney. the countries that outcompetis are the ones most unionized. the states in this nation that do the worst are the least unionized. teachers really need a voice, mitt. you should be working together with teachers and with the teacher's union like
investing in them and also creating collaborative environments like we see in new haven which are, you know, which should be, you know, what we should do throughout the nation. so i was really disappointed that someone who supposedly as smart as mitt romney would come up with a play book from 20, 30 years ago that never worked then and doesn't work now. >> now, he has been taking really shark attacks at teachers and even the teachers union. let me show you what he said today in colorado...
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our media environment has changed rapidly. we have a partisan press now that his back to the future but and much greater reach, deathah depth than we have ever seen before. it creates different facts for people. when you live in the world were 30 or 40% of the self identified members of one party believe the president is not legitimate because he was not born in the united states, it tells you something about the way our media dynamic is working. that has left the mainstream press with a dilemma. i believe they solve that dilemma by falling back on an old truism that a report both sides of the story. there is a holocaust denier and a holocaust victim and you want to give them equal shrift. if there is a hit and run driver and a hit-and-run victim -- i think it has helped to enable some of the disfunction we have now. go back to the filibuster. when you get news stories that say the bill died in the senate when they got a majority of support and died only because of the filibuster and you don't mention the filibuster, that seem
our media environment has changed rapidly. we have a partisan press now that his back to the future but and much greater reach, deathah depth than we have ever seen before. it creates different facts for people. when you live in the world were 30 or 40% of the self identified members of one party believe the president is not legitimate because he was not born in the united states, it tells you something about the way our media dynamic is working. that has left the mainstream press with a...
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alone spent more than twice the amount they raised and spent in his campaign and told you about the environment we found ourselves in with the decision. i think that leadership in wisconsin in organized labor and the progressive community at large and the democratic party felt the ground swell of energy and the petition on the ballot and there were hundreds of thousands of wisconsiniets that came out and made it clear to governor walker they have real concerns he is leading the state in. i think that again these decisions were particular to the folks in wisconsin and we're just going to continue to build in that state so we canning successful not only there but throughout the entire new western region come november 6th. >> thank you so much, patrick. thanks for joining us today. >> thank you. >> we have a passing to note. legendary science fiction writer ray bradbury is dead. he was 91 years old. he had legions of fans for his classics including the martin chronicles and something wicked this way comes. he adapted the stories for television and they say he died peacefully in los angeles. he had
alone spent more than twice the amount they raised and spent in his campaign and told you about the environment we found ourselves in with the decision. i think that leadership in wisconsin in organized labor and the progressive community at large and the democratic party felt the ground swell of energy and the petition on the ballot and there were hundreds of thousands of wisconsiniets that came out and made it clear to governor walker they have real concerns he is leading the state in. i...
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he can create an environment for job growth rather than a disincentive. that is a fundamental problem in our economy. he understands we have some structural problems. but the antiquated tax code. like the overregulation. like we're spending more energy [unintelligible] last year we produced 14% less oil on government land at a time when gas prices were a record high purity is there's a different approach here. i think he'll -will be- -- record high. there's a different approach here. >> only the fighting back on willific allegations tha-- he be fighting back on specific allegations? >> he has a record to be proud of. i wonder why the obama campaign want to talk so much about his private sector experience. i think that is a huge advantage. a lot of undecided voters and knows what is needed in washington to of create an environment. i do not think that is in negative. i think that is a positive to it, and what we have seen with president obama, he has surrounded himself with people who do not have that experience or background, and he does not have it. it h
he can create an environment for job growth rather than a disincentive. that is a fundamental problem in our economy. he understands we have some structural problems. but the antiquated tax code. like the overregulation. like we're spending more energy [unintelligible] last year we produced 14% less oil on government land at a time when gas prices were a record high purity is there's a different approach here. i think he'll -will be- -- record high. there's a different approach here. >>...
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the international environment is not part of the discussion. july 1914 and slow motion. we have a trillion dollar deficit plus. two-thirds of dodd-frank had not been written, etcetera. i have not heard any solutions. i think you are right -- you ought to published on-line bills, we don't do that. i think transparency is great. but we have a real situation that unless it is fixed, this fiscal cliff could be potentially catastrophic especially when it is added to what is happening in europe. what can do you think then begun positively given a deadlock? if we did not get this fixed, would you agree we have a huge problem? >> yes, we have a huge problem. the federal government has run up $5 joe in of that and nothing to show for it the last four years, the economy is weak -- the government has run up $5 trillion in debt. you go back into the century, they have all recoup a lot faster than this one. obama and hoover both reacted the same way to a recession, which was more spending, higher taxes, and massive new regulations and fdr -- who had not done anything hoover had not d
the international environment is not part of the discussion. july 1914 and slow motion. we have a trillion dollar deficit plus. two-thirds of dodd-frank had not been written, etcetera. i have not heard any solutions. i think you are right -- you ought to published on-line bills, we don't do that. i think transparency is great. but we have a real situation that unless it is fixed, this fiscal cliff could be potentially catastrophic especially when it is added to what is happening in europe. what...
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as he said, if you're an entrepreneur and you're a risk taker, you need a new business environment. part of that is going to be dictated by washington. right now with the taxes and regulations, healthcare cost, the uncertainty over energy, all the unpredictability in our economy, it's difficult to get people to take a risk and make an investment and do what steve has done. my dad is a small business guy who took a big risk and left his job and start his own business. later years i asked him whether he would do it again, he had so said i don't know. there's so much uncertainty out there. frankly you have a government in washington who don't seem to get it and it's making it difficult to create jobs. steve is concerned now. on monday i will be helping the romney victory effort in boston. i will be speaking at couple events there helping to raise money for the campaign. also doing whatever i can to help the victory effort which is separate from the campaign and engage with them. i've been very engaged in the campaign both in the primary and general election. my whole team is engaged. w
as he said, if you're an entrepreneur and you're a risk taker, you need a new business environment. part of that is going to be dictated by washington. right now with the taxes and regulations, healthcare cost, the uncertainty over energy, all the unpredictability in our economy, it's difficult to get people to take a risk and make an investment and do what steve has done. my dad is a small business guy who took a big risk and left his job and start his own business. later years i asked him...